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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. UPTON:H.R. 5944.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H5162]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5944.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill declares that an airport owner or operator who renews a covered lease shall not be treated as violating that owner's or operator's written airport improvement project grant assurance requirement to maintain a schedule of airport passenger user charges that will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible under existing circumstances.</p> <p>The bill defines &quot;covered lease&quot; to mean a lease:</p> <ul> <li>already existing before enactment of this bill,</li> <li>in which a nominal lease rate is provided,</li> <li>under which the lessee is a federal or state government entity, and</li> <li>that supports the operation of Air Force or Air National Guard aircraft at the airport or remotely from the airport.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill declares that an airport owner or operator who renews a covered lease shall not be treated as violating that owner's or operator's written airport improvement project grant assurance requirement to maintain a schedule of airport passenger user charges that will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible under existing circumstances.</p> <p>The bill defines &quot;covered lease&quot; to mean a lease:</p> <ul> <li>already existing before enactment of this bill,</li> <li>in which a nominal lease rate is provided,</li> <li>under which the lessee is a federal or state government entity, and</li> <li>that supports the operation of Air Force or Air National Guard aircraft at the airport or remotely from the airport.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill declares that an airport owner or operator who renews a covered lease shall not be treated as violating that owner's or operator's written airport improvement project grant assurance requirement to maintain a schedule of airport passenger user charges that will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible under existing circumstances.</p> <p>The bill defines &quot;covered lease&quot; to mean a lease:</p> <ul> <li>already existing before enactment of this bill,</li> <li>in which a nominal lease rate is provided,</li> <li>under which the lessee is a federal or state government entity, and</li> <li>that supports the operation of Air Force or Air National Guard aircraft at the airport or remotely from the airport.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill declares that an airport owner or operator who renews a covered lease shall not be treated as violating that owner's or operator's written airport improvement project grant assurance requirement to maintain a schedule of airport passenger user charges that will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible under existing circumstances.</p> <p>The bill defines &quot;covered lease&quot; to mean a lease:</p> <ul> <li>already existing before enactment of this bill,</li> <li>in which a nominal lease rate is provided,</li> <li>under which the lessee is a federal or state government entity, and</li> <li>that supports the operation of Air Force or Air National Guard aircraft at the airport or remotely from the airport.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to certain grant assurances, and for other purposes.</title>
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